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My name is above, and I'm from Arizona, though I grew up in a small town in Colorado. I'm dual majoring in German and Psychology with the obvious adjunct concentration. I've applied for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistanceship grant, and while I'd love to get it and teach English somewhere in Germany, I'm also hedging my bets and searching for work in the area. After meandering for a year or two, I'd like to enroll in a postbacc program and get the credits necessary to enter medical school, though I haven't completely eschewed pursuing a further degree in psychopharmacology, behavior analysis or perceptual neuroscience yet.

I feel like I don't bring much to this particular conversation other than a nascent background in behavior analysis as taught by Professor Neuman. I've spent two summers volunteering/working in labs here at Bryn Mawr, one in Thomas' lab and the other in Neuman's, and I have about eight years experience working in a local veterinary clinic. Beyond that, I've pretty much been through every class everyone else here has, and am in most cases less informed than most of you.

During this seminar I hope to explore the validity of the diagnostic categories of the DSM-IV TR, the validity of animal models of human mental phenomena, the potential effects of "talking to the brain," both beneficial and deletorious, the construction of reality and the self, and more generally an idea of what one can do with a degree colored by the NBS concentration.